This Band 7 post leads nursing on the NIHR Clinical Research Facility: Manchester at The Christie, a specialist cancer centre. The role centres on day-to-day operational oversight across research clinics, outpatients, day-case and inpatient care, including line management, staffing and patient flow. The unit is going through a refurbishment and a staged move to 24/7 working, which the post-holder helps to lead. Prior research experience is not essential because training is given, but oncology nursing experience and NMC registration are required.
What the job involves
- Provide visible clinical leadership to the CRF team and lead by example
- Line manage staff, including appraisal, performance review and professional development
- Oversee workforce planning, staffing and skill mix to match activity levels
- Coordinate patient flow and activity across outpatient, day-case and inpatient areas
- Ensure safe, governed working, including health and safety, incident reporting, risk assessment and Trust policy compliance
- Support the CRF refurbishment and the staged transition to 24/7 working
- Plan and prioritise studies, including study-specific risk assessments and use of the facility
- Ensure compliance with UK and international research regulatory frameworks
- Ensure participant-centred, protocol-driven care and lead on practice standards and clinical audit
- Supervise junior staff and students and lead on induction, training and mentorship
- Manage the CRF operational budget, consumables, equipment contracts and asset base
- Undertake the Trust duty manager role on a rotational basis
What’s required
Qualifications
- First level degree
Registration & licences
- Current NMC registration as a registered nurse
Experience
- Demonstrable experience of managing a clinical team and senior line management
- Oncology nursing experience
- Leading change and quality or clinical improvement
- People management and handling sensitive professional and HR issues
- Workforce planning and development
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent leadership, managerial and mentoring skills, including presentation and training
- Clear verbal and written communication, including presenting data to varied and external audiences
- Problem-solving, prioritisation and calm decision-making under pressure
- Good IT skills, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and internet use
- Knowledge of NHS policy, clinical governance, risk management and the national quality assurance agenda
Other
- Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours
- Flexibility in working hours
- Self-motivated and able to perform a wide range of duties
Nice to have
- Expertise in R&D regulations and research governance
- Management qualification
- Post-registration oncology qualification
- Current GCP certificate
- Understanding of national research policy
- Collaborative working within and outside organisational boundaries
- Experience managing or delivering clinical trials, including experimental medicine
- Understanding of NHS clinical research, its governance framework and the inspection environment
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